Sikyōn (English spelling)

Japanese: シキュオン（英語表記）Sikyōn

Also called Secyon. An ancient Greek city located in the northern part of the Peloponnese, northwest of Corinth. Today it is Sicyon. It was a colony of Argos (Apoikia) and was politically and religiously subordinate to the city, but around 660 BC Orthagoras established a tyranny, and the city's power reached its peak under his grandson Cleisthenes, who destroyed Locris in the First Sacred War. The tyranny lasted for about 100 years, but was overthrown by Sparta. It became an ally of Sparta, and joined the Achaean League in the 3rd century BC. It then fell into decline, and was in ruins in the 2nd century BC. Sicyon has been known as a center of art since the Archaic period, and gave birth to the sculptor Lysippos in the 4th century BC.

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Japanese:

セキュオンとも呼ばれる。ペロポネソス半島の北部，コリントの北西に位置する古代ギリシアの都市。現シキオン。アルゴスの植民市 (アポイキア) として政治的，宗教的に従属していたが，前 660年頃オルタゴラスによって僭主政が樹立され，その孫クレイステネスのときに国力は最大となり，彼は第1次神聖戦争でロクリスを破壊した。僭主政は約 100年続いたがスパルタによって倒され，以後スパルタの同盟市となり，前3世紀にはアカイア同盟に参加。その後衰退し，前2世紀には廃虚となった。シキュオンはアルカイック時代から美術の中心地として知られ，前4世紀には彫刻家リュシッポスを生んだ。

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